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By the end of the picture, they were all misty-eyed--Mabel and Theta cried for the dead movie star; Evie for her brother

"There’ll never be another like Rudy," Mabel said, blowing her nose

"You said it, sister," Theta purred as they stepped out into the late-afternoon sun She stopped when she saw Evie’s angry face "Whatsa rowled She took off at a clip toward a cluster of people atching a three-card ame

"Who’s Sam Lloyd?" Mabel asked Theta

"Don’t know," Theta said "But I’m pretty sure he’s a dead man"

"Watch the Queen of Hearts, folks She’s the ed three cards on top of a cardboard box,them around so quickly they were a blur "Now, sir, sir--yes, you Would you care to wager a guess? There’s no charge for this first round Just to show you it’s an honest ga"

Evie turned the box over, upsetting the cards and the money "Remember me, Casanova?"

It took Sam a minute, but then he smiled "Well, if it isn’t my favorite nun How’s the Mother Superior, sister?"

"Don’t you ‘sister’ me You stole my money"

"Who, me? Do I look like a thief?"

"And how!"

The croatched the argued his Greek fisherot fleeced, but it wasn’t me"

"If you don’t want ht this second and tell hiive me my twenty dollars"

"Now, sister, you wouldn’t--"

"I pos-i-tute-ly would! Do you know the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult?"

"Yeah, I know it, but--"

"You can findood for you"